ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 413

SEC. 8. The sales of all real estate made by the said Treas-
urer for taxes and special assessments so due and unpaid to
the said Cottage City Commission shall be reported by him,
under a general oath as to their fairness, to the Circuit Court
for Prince George's County, sitting in equity. Said sales
shall be listed in separate paragraphs and numbered. The
Clerk of said Court, upon receiving said report, shall docket
a suit in the equity docket of said Court in the name of the
"Treasurer of the town of Cottage City, " as plaintiff, against
each of the persons or corporations named in said report of
sales, as defendants.

SEC. 9. The Circuit Court for Prince George's County is
hereby vested with full and complete jurisdiction to hear and
determine suits docketed upon said Treasurer's report as pro-
ceedings in rem as fully and completely as it can hear and
determine equity suits within its general jurisdiction.

The said Treasurer's report of sales shall be considered and
treated by the Court as if it were a bill in equity. Upon the
filing of said report the said Court, through its Clerk, shall
issue an order of publication against each of the persons or
corporations named in said report, which order of publication
shall be drawn and published in accordance with the provisions
of the Laws of Maryland authorizing service of process upon
non-resident defendants by publication. Upon it appearing to
the satisfaction of the Court that said order of publication has
been duly published and that the time fixed by law for the
defendants to appear and answer has expired, the Court shall
proceed to hear and determine all questions raised as to said
tax and/or assessment sale or sales and shall enter such decree
or decrees as the nature of the case may require. A substantial
compliance with the provisions of this Act by the said Treas-
urer in making such tax and/or assessment sale or sales and
reporting the same to the Court shall be deemed to be a suffi-
cient compliance therewith.

SEC. 10. An appeal from a final decree of said Court may be
taken by any party having an interest in any piece of real
estate described in said report, to the Court of Appeals of
Maryland, but such appeal shall apply only to the real estate
of the parties appealing, the decree or decrees rendered in
said cause otherwise to remain in full force and effect.

Said appeals shall be taken and perfected as now required
by law.